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Thinking Inside the Box – The Gauntlet, part of the NTC Warrior Chronicles, brings you interviews with the United States Army’s experts in combined arms maneuver, the Observer Coach Trainers (OC/Ts) of Operations Group, at the National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, California.
In this episode, host Lt. Col. Trinidad Chavez, Senior Trainer of Operations Group sits down with the Capt. Abreu, Capt. Hansen and Sgt. First Class Essig to discuss applying fundamentals to the planning and preparing process to enable maneuver battalions’ success at the National Training Center. They talk about the Planning Process, Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP), Mission Analysis, Courses of Action (COA) Development the Rapid-Making and Synchronization Process (RDSP), staff synchronization, fighting products, rehearsals, and recommendations before coming to NTC.
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Episode hosted by Lt. Col. Trinidad Chavez and edited by Annette Pritt
| Date Taken: | 02.20.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 04.20.2026 18:32 |
| Category: | Newscasts |
| Audio ID: | 91392 |
| Filename: | 2604/DOD_111642161.mp3 |
| Length: | 00:30:12 |
| Location: | FORT IRWIN, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 18 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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